Bishy Road – a Tour de Force

It’s almost two years since I first sketched out this drawing. It all began with a coffee at the Pig and Pastry and somehow the word has got around that this is one extraordinary street. Hearing that Bishy Road has been awarded the honour of becoming Britain’s No 1 Great British High Street was such good news today.

That’s a huge amount of community effort, dedication and commitment spent over many years, led by Johnny Hayes of Frankie and Johnny’s cookshop and with a whole raft of participation in and beyond this remarkable street.

A corner of the Bishy Road on a January morning a few years ago.

Frankie and Johnny’s fly the yellow bunting for the Tour de Yorkshire

Congratulations Bishy Road! Enjoy your big moment. You show how it is possible to turn the ordinary into extraordinary.